Resources
Legal Services for the Elderly: 800-432-7812 and 800-750-5353
Pine Tree Legal Assistance : 255-8685 and 800-879-7463
Volunteer Lawyers Project: 744-4348
Maine State Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service: 800-860-1460 and 622-1460
Probate Lawyers – Who Practice Probate Law as of January 2016*
State of Maine Judicial Branch
Adoption Law: Adoption Law from the Maine Legislature
Wills: Probate of Wills
Lyman Holmes
Judge of Probate
Judge Holmes graduated from the University of Maine with a B.A. in History in 1971. He went on to the Vanderbilt School of Law, where he obtained his law degree in 1975.
Judge Holmes returned to Washington County after college and went into private practice. He served as President of the Washington County Bar Association, Maine Probate Judges Assembly, and also and also as President of the Porter Memorial Library in Machias.
Judge Holmes is also actively involved in the Washington County Archives Committee as its Vice-Chairman. The Archives Committee is dedicated to the restoration of our county’s most important historical documents dating back to colonial times.
Staff:
Darlene Perry
Susan Bolles
John Woodward